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In Brief
Ridiculously Beautiful: Japan's INFOBAR2 Cellphone
Jean Snow stopped by the KDDI Design Studio and got an eyeful in the form of these beautiful bar phones. Large, squarish buttons in a grid, flush to a curved surface that looks to be as comfortable to hold in the hand as a piece of fruit. Good design is easy, in retrospect. Handsets in Japan are bigger, and these are no different. But smaller doesn't necessarily mean easier to use, now does it? More »
Cellphones
TyTN Wizard, featuring similar features in a thinner package. The accompanying video is also pretty neat. There's now a little ding when you slide the keyboard in and out, and it's supposed to be a lot more pocketable than the HTC TyTN Wizard.
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HTC Herald Reviewed (Verdict: Thin and Awesome)
8:21 PM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Jason Chen
6,380 views,
3 comments
Latest by TomTheGeek: Did you see that?!!?! CAPS LOCK AND NUM LOCK INDICATORS!!!! About the only thing this doesn't have is 3G and if they get it out in time that won't matter, they only have 3G in a few places anyways. more »
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Cingular Treo 750 in the Wild
Boy genius as a shot of the upcoming Cingular Treo 750, a Windows Mobile 5-powered smartphone from Palm. The phone looks just about the same as the European version, and is making the rounds with Cingular support teams—probably where BG got this shot. More »
7:50 PM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Jason Chen
3,296 views,
5 comments
Home Entertainment
Xbox 360 Live Update Hits Your Living Room
If you haven't already, go grab your Xbox 360 Dashboard update now. With it brings 1080p support over component and VGA, HD DVD player support, WMV streaming from WMP11, file playback from external storage, and much much more. More »
Peripherals
Saitek Suits Up Mouse with Touch-sensitive Scrolling
A cross between Apple's Mighty Mouse and Motorola's PEBL, the Obsidian is Saitek's most fashionable mouse to date. Its got a 1,000 dpi resolution and ditches a scroll wheel for touch-sensitive scrolling. The horizontal charging dock can simultaneously charge your mouse and a spare battery making sure your mouse never goes hungry. We've never been fans of touch-sensitive scrolling on mice, but if the Obsidian can pull it off, we'll gladly fork over our $80 bucks. More »
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Motorola Making RAZR-based Linux Smartphone
Seen in this fuzzy slide off some guy's undoubtedly boring presentation, Motorola seems to be preparing a Linux-based RAZR PDA-phone sometime this decade. We already know how Motorola likes Linux for various phones, so it's not out of the question for them to slap a version into a RAZR, pat themselves on the ass (no cupping, Ron), and call it a day. More »
6:51 PM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Jason Chen
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12 comments
In Brief
Worlds Largest Seamless Display; Uses More Power Than a 3rd World Country
Measuring in at a measly 27 x 15-ft, this projection system requires 20 networked PCs with multiple graphics cards just to process the 60 million pixel display. Just for comparison, those ultra clear HDTVs you've been watching are only around 2.07 million pixels. More »
Software
How To: One-Click DVD Rips and Backups
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USB Missile Launcher Reviewed (Verdict: Nobody's Getting Any Work Done)
Gadgets
Personal Heater Keeps Your Butterfly Warm
The winter months can be cold and bitter (especially if you're single), so why not cozy up to the Butterfly. Its an environmentally-friendly personal heater that emits heat through its butterfly pattern when evaporated lighter fluid and oxygen react with the heater's glass fiber. Its portable and even safe enough to keep in your pocket, potentially warming more than just your hands. Personally, we'd rather take our chances with these, but the Butterfly can be yours for $17 bucks. More »
Home Entertainment
Pioneer BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Players Delayed Until December
The bad news never stops rolling for Blu-ray this season, as Pioneer's BDP-HD1 got rolled back to a December release. Originally planned for October, the BDP-HD1 "has not passed the company's quality control requirements, and it will be available when it does." More »
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Stream Amazon Unbox Video to your Xbox 360
Bought some movies from Amazon's Unbox Video store but can't figure out how to get it on your TV? Grab your Xbox 360, because it's time to get streaming. More »
Wireless
Ionkids System Tracks your Children, Excuses the Bad Parenting
The Ionkids system is a PDA device with a separate wristwatch. Strap the watch to the kids wrist (or more appropriately, ankle) and know when your kids get too far away from you. The PDA allows you to set up a zone and it will alert when a corresponding watch leaves the area. Then it will show you the direction to go to recover your child. The Ionkids system can monitor up to four units at once. The system retails for $199. More »
Gadgets
A BananaGuard a Day Keeps the Bruises Away
Bananas are among the more delicate fruits, in need of protection inside a lunchbox or backpack. If you're a banana aficionado like we are, you'll need the Banana Guard, a hard plastic case for those phallic fruits that will keep those icky brown bruises away. Hey, BananaGuard also makes a great Halloween costume for that banana, but it's probably too late for that. More »
Peripherals
Sony Getting Probed by DOJ
If we told you Sony was getting looked into by the DOJ, what would you guess it was for? The exploding batteries? The PlayStation 3 release? Actually, it's for their Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) business. More »
Cellphones
How Paris Hilton Haxored Lindsay Lohan: The Cingular Voicemail Vulnerability
We're not sure if Paris used this particular service, but by using the Jajah web interface you can "hack" into someone else's voicemail. Intrigued? Good. Maybe this will get Cingular to fix their phone system. More »
3:40 PM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Jason Chen
1,843 views,
17 comments
